ThemedGroup has been into business since August 11th, 2013. To celebrate our first year of activity properly, we thought it would be cool to hold an Anniversary Contest.

Here are the details:

Contest theme

You Are FREE To Create

Just like the title suggests, you are free to create, which means that you can enter with any kind of photo or photomanipulation work - any subject, any theme - as long as the piece is your original work. Feel free to go out and experiment, and don't forget to read the rules carefully before submitting your deviation of choice to the contest's folder, because it is a free theme contest, but we want to encourage you to create and submit new art, so there is a catch...

Rules

You must be a member of ThemedGroup to participate. It would be nice if you could this journal and help spread the word about the contest. Only ONE entry per deviant. Your entry must have been published no earlier than June 21, 2014 - aka the first day of summer. Submit your entry to the Anniversary Contest's gallery folder 'HERE' Entries won't be automatically accepted. All standard submission rules apply. NO dA watermark allowed. If your entry is declined, you may try again with a different photo after a day from your previous submission. If the photo you wish to enter is already in the group's gallery, you may remove it from the group (FAQ #407: How do I remove my deviations from a group?) and resubmit it to the contest's folder. If you have any doubts or questions, feel free to ask.

Voting

Once submissions are closed, a journal featuring all contest entries will be posted and everyone will be given the possibility to vote for their three favourite works of choice.

Anyone may vote. You may vote for a maximum of three entries. You may NOT vote for yourself. You may NOT ask other deviants to vote for you in journals, polls, notes, nor using any other system inside the deviantART community or off-site (i.e. email messages, Facebook, Tumblr, etc.); If you are caught cheating, your entry will be immediately disqualified from the contest.

Deadlines

Entries will be accepted from August 11 to August 17 at 23:59 CEST [NO exceptions]However, we strongly encourage you not to wait until the very last day to submit your entries, in order to give us enough time to review and vote on your submissions. The voting phase will start on August 18 and end on August 24 at 23:59 CEST Winners will be announced on August 25

We are always looking for new prizes to add to the list (i.e. points, features, critiques, watch, faves, llamas, or anything else you'd be happy to give) and your help would be much appreciated!

If you would like to donate a prize, simply comment here. Once the contest is over, all the awesome deviants who generously donated something will be included in a donors' feature. You can donate and join the contest at the same time.